Alla Shulimovna Kushnir was born in Moscow, USSR. Awarded the WIM title in 1962 and the WGM title in 1976, she was Women's World Championship Challenger in 1965, 1969 and 1972.
She was also USSR Women's Champion in 1970 (winning the play-off against Maaja Ranniku) before moving to Israel in 1973.

skyman: hi there ive just drawn with thinking machine 4, its got a nice graphic design it makes you think how a brain is, and undoubtedly the best machine ever created but not by humans..!
is Alla a good player?! i guess she's.
Jürgen Kläus....

gulliver: Below are two links to tactics by Alla Kushnir . Credit to Chess Today Magazine and to the Susan Polgar Blog. Thanks both to Susan and to Alex Baburin and all the crew of the Chess today magazine for their wonderful job of promoting chess.

Happy birthday to Alla! She represented Israel in the Olympiad in Haifa in 1973 , I believe. I think she played on board 1. And the Israeli women team made history by taking the first place. Luba Kristol was also in the Israeli team. I will never forget this honor to the Jewish people and to the state of Israel that these women gave. Again Best wishes for Alla Kushnir's Birthday!!!

sachistu: Although it does not appear any of the games from her match with Maaja Ranniku are currently on this site, 7 games are given by ChessBase. However, ChessBase lists the year as 1967. I've been able to confirm that at least 3 of the games are from the 1970 playoff match following the Soviet women's championship. I suspect all 7 are part of the 1970 match. re: the Soviet newspaper Shakhmatny Moscow 1971 Issue 3.

sachistu: Just a follow up on my previous post... The 7 games ChessBase lists are all from the 1970 playoff match. I happened to notice Wikipedia listed the score as 4.5-3.5 with a note 'citation needed'. In fact, there were only 7 games played with Kushnir winning 4-3. See Shakhmatny Moscow 1971, Issue 5.

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